7.10am There will be no extra half hour tonight, which means that the boys in Melbourne will be back tomorrow. As will I. Thanks for your emails and have a good day wherever you are.

2nd over: Australia 8-0 (Langer 4, Hayden 1) After the excitement of Caddick's first over, Harmison can only manage seven tidy deliveries (one a no-ball). No badinage with the umpire and no nose wiping. How inconsiderate.

1st over: Australia 7-0 (Langer 4, Hayden 1) With an Australian victory certain, there's a carnival atmosphere in Melbourne. Even the Army are de-mob happy. Caddick raps Langer on the pad first ball and it's a very close shout. Umpire Tiffin judges that it hit Langer too high on the leg and Caddick counters by arguing that Langer only has short legs. Of course the Army's shout for the lbw is defeaning. Caddick ends proceedings by wiping his nose on his sleeve. Choice.

Langer and Hayden stride out. It's still not clear whether the extra half hour has been granted.

Australia can, of course, claim an extra half an hour to try and win the game, if they feel they can make it tonight. But they still need 107 and I don't think the umpires will judge that there is a realistic chance of a result. So Australia's appearance this evening is likely to be a brief one.

WICKET! England 387 all out Harmison b Gillespie 7 Harmison is no batsman and Gillespie knows it, firing in a full, straight one. It's too good for the big lad, whose stumps are splattered.

120th over: England 387-9 (Dawson 14, Harmison 8) Harmison tickles a single from MacGill to keep the strike. MacGill has toiled today, bowling virtually unchanged while the quicks have rotated at the other end.

119th over: England 386-9 (Dawson 14, Harmison 7) Dawson is happy to give the hulking Harmison the strike by taking a first-ball single. Harmison repays his faith - and rouses the Army - with a lovely four through the covers. Funny how it's called majestic when a batsman plays a shot like that - and a "smear" when it's a No 11.

118th over: England 378-9 (Dawson 13, Harmison 0) Sky's anti-Caddick prejudice is, quite frankly, a disgrace. Minutes after insisting that he ought to play aggressively they are roundly lambasting him for the cut shot that got him out. Poor lad.

WICKET! England 378-9 Caddick c Waugh b MacGill 10 Caddick rocks back as MacGill drops short and canes an awkward looking cut in the air to a diving Waugh at cover.

117th over: England 377-8 (Dawson 12, Caddick 10) After the burst of wickets, there is a tired, turgid feel to the cricket at the moment. Gillespie looks weary and Caddick does nothing for his mood by creaming him off the back foot through cover for four.

116th over: England 373-8 (Dawson 12, Caddick 6) Well, I'm definitely going to be back tomorrow: England lead by 92 and there are less than 40 minutes to go. Even with the extra half hour, Australia won't get home tonight.

115th over: England 372-8 (Dawson 12, Caddick 5) Caddick gets off the mark with a particularly jammy five, when he drops a Gillespie rib-tickler unconvincingly into the off side, scrambles a single and is then gifted four overthrows.

112th over: England 358-8 (Dawson 3, Caddick 0) MacGill, in his shades, looks more than ever like a fly and several dozen seagulls have appeared on the field. None of which puts off Caddick, who plays MacGill easily enough.

111th over: England 357-8 (Dawson 2, Caddick 0) The raven-haired Gillespie replaces Lee, who was clearly ready for a rest. Caddick has a big swish outside off-stump. Like his erstwhile new-ball partner, Gough, his batting has gone backwards over the years.

110th over: England 356-8 (Dawson 1, Caddick 0)

WICKET! England 356-8 Foster c Love b MacGill 6 The end is now nigh. Foster cuts hard at MacGill and the ball zips off the outside edge to Love at slip, who gets a flypaper hand to it. Love not only bats like Mark Waugh, he catches like him too.

109th over: England 354-7 (Foster 6, Dawson 0) Lee is obviously running on empty after really bending his back. He sweats and grunts but the pace is not there. Foster hammers his last ball down the ground from four.

107th over: England 349-7 (Foster 1, Dawson 0) Suddenly the game is full of drama again. Lee is attacking both batsmen from round the wicket and gets both Foster and Dawson hopping, skippping and jumping.

WICKET! England 342-6 Crawley b Lee 33 Lee contnues to attack Crawley from round the wicket - and gets his reward for working his socks off on a flat, flat pitch. Crawley fends at a short ball that he could have left alone and drags it - via the inside edge - onto the top of his off stump.

103rd over: England 337-5 (Crawley 33, White 21) MacGill does nothing remarkable, which is just as well because the little blighter gets through his overs so quickly that I've hardly got time to write about anything that DOES happen.

102nd over: England 337-5 (Crawley 33, White 21) No matter what Justin Langer says, I love the Army. They give me something to report in overs when nothing happens, like this one. This time the lads are involved in intricate debate about lower-division football.

101st over: England 334-5 (Crawley 33, White 19) Lee shifts around the wicket to try and worry Crawley's ankles with the yorker. Meanwhile, McGrath is off the field and Merv tells us that he won't bowl again today.

"Following your commentary in Beijing", writes Tim Wainwright, "and pleased that Vaughan seems to be continuing to demonstrate that he is a world-class batsman...think positive!" I'll try Tim, I'll try. What's Beijing like at this time of year?

99th over: England 331-5 (Crawley 33, White 17) This pitch seems to be getting flatter and flatter. England could set Australia a decent target but I'd back the Aussies to chase even a steep total.

98th over: England 328-5 (Crawley 31, White 16) Sorry folks: in the words of the 'Las' 'There she goes again' (referring, in this case, to my PC crashing yet again, rather than smack use, as in the song).

97th over: England 326-5 (Crawley 29, White 16) Lee steams in, bends his back and hurls the ball down. But it's like bowling on plasticine and he doesn't trouble White.